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 Concealing guile beneath a smile,
 * He took them to a wood,

And, with severe and most austere
 * Injunctions to be good,

He left them seated on a gateway, And took his own departure straightway.



Though much afraid, the children stayed
 * From ten till nearly eight;

At times they wept, at times they slept,
 * But never left the gate:

Until the swift suspicion crossed them That Uncle Benjamin had lost them.